adjectives

Adjectives

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

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adorable

adj –. adorable, endearing, lovely – (lovable especially in a childlike ornaive way)


adventurous

adj –. (1) adventurous, adventuresome – (willing to undertake orseeking out new and daring enterprises; ”adventurous pioneers”; ”therisks and gains of an adventuresome economy”)


aggressive

adj –1. (6) aggressive – (having or showing determination andenergetic pursuit of your ends; ”an aggressive businessman”; ”anaggressive basketball player”; ”he was aggressive and imperious;positive in his convictions”; ”aggressive drivers”)


alert

adj –1. (7) alert, watchful – (engaged in or accustomed to closeobservation; ”caught by a couple of alert cops”; ”alert enough to spotthe opportunity when it came”; ”constantly alert and vigilant, like asentinel on duty”)


attractive

adj –1. (4) attractive – (pleasing to the eye or mind especiallythrough beauty or charm; ”a remarkably attractive young man”; ”anattractive personality”; ”attractive clothes”; ”a book with attractiveillustrations”)


average

adj –1. (34) average, mean – (approximating the statistical norm oraverage or expected value; ”the average income in New England isbelow that of the nation”; ”of average height for his age”; ”the meanannual rainfall”)


beautiful

adj –1. (25) beautiful – (delighting the senses or exciting intellectualor emotional admiration; ”a beautiful child”; ”beautiful country”; ”abeautiful painting”; ”a beautiful theory”; ”a beautiful party”)


bloody

adj –1. (8) bloody – (having or covered with or accompanied byblood; ”a bloody nose”; ”your scarf is all bloody”; ”the effects will beviolent and probably bloody”; ”a bloody fight”)


blushing

adj –. (1) blushful, blushing, red-faced – (having a red face fromembarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; ”theblushing boy was brought before the Principal”; ”her blushful beau”;”was red-faced with anger”)


bright

adj –1. (16) bright – (emitting or reflecting light readily or in largeamounts; ”the sun was bright and hot”; ”a bright sunlit room”)


clean

adj –1. (17) clean – (free from dirt or impurities; or having cleanhabits; ”children with clean shining faces”; ”clean white shirts”;”clean dishes”; ”a spotlessly clean house”; ”cats are clean animals”)


clear

adj –1. (55) clear – (readily apparent to the mind; ”a clear andpresent danger”; ”a clear explanation”; ”a clear case of murder”; ”aclear indication that she was angry”; ”gave us a clear idea of humannature”)


cloudy

adj –1. (1) cloudy, nebulose, nebulous – (lacking definite form orlimits; ”gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion ”-H.T.Moore; ”nebulous distinction between pride and conceit”)


colorful

adj –1. (6) colorful, colourful – (having striking color; ”colorfulautumn leaves”)


crowded

adj –. (12) crowded – (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; ”acrowded theater”; ”a crowded program”; ”crowded trains”; ”a youngmother’s crowded days”)


cute

adj –1. (1) cunning, cute – (attractive especially by means ofsmallness or prettiness or quaintness; ”a cute kid with pigtails”; ”acute little apartment”; ”cunning kittens”; ”a cunning baby”)


dark

adj –1. (49) dark – (devoid of or deficient in light or brightne ss;shadowed or black; ”sitting in a dark corner”; ”a dark day”; ”darkshadows”; ”dark as the inside of a black cat”)


drab

adj –1. (2) drab, dreary – (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;”her drab personality”; ”life was drab compared with the moreexciting life style overseas”; ”a series of dreary dinner parties”)


distinct

adj –1. (14) distinct, distinguishable – ((often followed by ‘from’) notalike; different in nature or quality; ”plants of several distinct types”;”the word ‘nationalism’ is used in at least two distinct senses”; ”goldis distinct from iron”; ”a tree related to but quite distinct from theEuropean beech”; ”management had interests quite distinct fromthose of their employees”)


dull

adj –1. (5) dull – (lacking in liveliness or animation; ”he was so dullat parties”; ”a dull political campaign”; ”a large dull impassive man”;”dull days with nothing to do”; ”how dull and dreary the world is”;”fell back into one of her dull moods”)


elegant

adj –1. (2) elegant – (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavioror style; ”elegant handwriting”; ”an elegant dark suit”; ”she waselegant to her fingertips”; ”small churches with elegant white spires”;”an elegant mathematical solution–simple and precise and lucid”)


excited

adj –1. (4) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up – ((of persons)excessively affected by emotion; ”he would become emotional overnothing at all”; ”she was worked up about all the noise”)


fancy

adj –. (3) fancy – (not plain; decorative or ornamented; ”fancyhandwriting”; ”fancy clothes”)


filthy

adj –1. (2) filthy, foul, nasty – (disgustingly dirty; filled or smearedwith offensive matter; ”as filthy as a pigsty”; ”a foul pond”; ”a nastypigsty of a room”)


glamorous

adj –. (1) glamorous, glamourous – (having an air of allure, romanceand excitement; ”glamorous movie stars”)


gleaming

adj –. (3) agleam, gleaming, nitid – (bright with a steady butsubdued shining; ”from the plane we saw the city below agleam withlights”; ”the gleaming brass on the altar”; ”Nereids beneath the nitidmoon”)


gorgeous

adj –. (1) gorgeous – (dazzlingly beautiful; ”a gorgeous Victoriangown”)


graceful

adj –1. (2) graceful – (characterized by beauty of movement, style,form, or execution)


grotesque

adj –1. (4) grotesque, monstrous – (distorted and unnatural in shapeor size; abnormal and hideous; ”tales of grotesque serpents eightfathoms long that churned the seas”; ”twisted into monstrousshapes”)


handsome

adj –1. (7) fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome,well-favored, well-favoured – (pleasing in appearance especially byreason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; ”a fine-look ingwoman”; ”a good-looking man”; ”better-looking than her sister”;”very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome”- Thackeray; ”oursouthern women are well-favored”- Lillian Hellman)


homely

adj –1. (5) homely, plain – (lacking in physical beauty or proportion;”a homely child”; ”several of the buildings were downright homely”;”a plain girl with a freckled face”)


light

adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravityof 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)


long

adj –1. (118) long – (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating arelatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time ora duration as specified; ”a long life”; ”a long boring speech”; ”a longtime”; ”a long friendship”; ”a long game”; ”long ago”; ”an hourlong”)


magnificent

adj –. (12) brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid – (characterizedby grandeur; ”the brilliant court life at Versailles”; ”a glorious work ofart”; ”magnificent cathedrals”; ”the splendid coronation ceremony”)


misty

adj –1. (1) brumous, foggy, hazy, misty – (filled or abounding withfog or mist; ”a brumous October morning”)


motionless

adj –. (8) inactive, motionless, static, still – (not in physical motion;”the inertia of an object at rest”)


muddy

adj –1. (7) boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged – ((of soil) soft andwatery; ”the ground was boggy under foot”; ”a marshy coastline”;”miry roads”; ”wet mucky lowland”; ”muddy barnyard”; ”quaggyterrain”; ”the sloughy edge of the pond”; ”swampy bayous”)


plain

adj –1. (8) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistaka ble– (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; ”the effectsof the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields”;”evident hostility”; ”manifest disapproval”; ”patent advantages”;”made his meaning plain”; ”it is plain that he is no reactionary”; ”inplain view”)


poised

adj –1. (4) poised – (marked by balance or equilibrium and readinessfor action; ”a gull in poised flight”; ”George’s poised hammer”)


precious

adj –1. (7) cherished, precious, treasured, wanted – (characteri zed byfeeling or showing fond affection for; ”a cherished friend”; ”childrenare precious”; ”a treasured heirloom”; ”so good to feel wanted”)


quaint

adj –1. (3) quaint – (strange in an interesting or pleasing way;”quaint dialect words”; ”quaint streets of New Orleans, that mostforeign of American cities”)


shiny

adj –1. (2) glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining –(reflecting light; ”glistening bodies of swimmers”; ”the horse’s glossycoat”; ”lustrous auburn hair”; ”saw the moon like a shiny dime on adeep blue velvet carpet”; ”shining white enamel”)


smoggy

adj –. smoggy – (clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; ”thesmoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles”)


sparkling

adj –1. (2) sparkling – (shining with brilliant points of light like stars;”sparkling snow”; ”sparkling eyes”)


spotless

adj –. (3) immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic,spick, spotless – (completely neat and clean; ”the apartment wasimmaculate”; ”in her immaculate white uniform”; ”a spick-and-spankitchen”; ”their spic red-visored caps”)


stormy

adj –1. (2) stormy – ((especially of weather) affected or characterizedby storms or commotion; ”a stormy day”; ”wide and stormy seas”)


strange

adj –1. (41) strange, unusual – (being definitely out of the ordinaryand unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; ”a strangeexaltation that was indefinable”; ”a strange fantastical mind”; ”whata strange sense of humor she has”)


ugly

adj –1. (3) ugly – (displeasing to the senses; ”an ugly face”; ”uglyfurniture”)


ugliest

adj –1. (3) ugly – (displeasing to the senses; ”an ugly face”; ”uglyfurniture”)


unsightly

adj –. unsightly – (unpleasant to look at; ”unsightly billboards ”)


unusual

adj –1. (24) unusual – (not usual or common or ordinary; ”a scene ofunusual beauty”; ”a man of unusual ability”; ”cruel and unusualpunishment”; ”an unusual meteorite”)


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alive

adj –1. (14) alive, live – (possessing life; ”the happiest person alive”;”the nerve is alive”; ”doctors are working hard to keep him alive”;”burned alive”; ”a live canary”)


annoying

adj –. (1) annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome,pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious,vexing – (causing irritation or annoyance; ”tapping an annoyingrhythm on his glass with his fork”; ”aircraft noise is particularlybothersome near the airport”; ”found it galling to have to askpermission”; ”an irritating delay”; ”nettlesome paperwork”; ”a peskymosquito”; ”swarms of pestering gnats”; ”a plaguey newfangledsafety catch”; ”a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him”; ”avexatious child”; ”it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong”)


bad

adj –1. (51) bad – (having undesirable or negative qualities; ”a badreport card”; ”his sloppy appearance made a bad impression”; ”a badlittle boy”; ”clothes in bad shape”; ”a bad cut”; ”bad luck”; ”thenews was very bad”; ”the reviews were bad”; ”the pay is bad”; ”itwas a bad light for reading”; ”the movie was a bad choice”)


better

adj –1. (69) better – ((comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (ofthe same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability orsuitability; more highly skilled than another; ”You’re a better manthan I am, Gunga Din”; ”a better coat”; ”a better type of car”; ”asuit with a better fit”; ”a better chance of success”; ”produced abetter mousetrap”; ”she’s better in math than in history”)


beautiful

adj –1. (25) beautiful – (delighting the senses or exciting intellectualor emotional admiration; ”a beautiful child”; ”beautiful country”; ”abeautiful painting”; ”a beautiful theory”; ”a beautiful party”)


brainy

adj –. (1) brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip – (having or marked byunusual and impressive intelligence; ”some men dislike brainywomen”; ”a brilliant mind”; ”a brilliant solution to the problem”)


breakable

adj –. breakable – (capable of being broken or damaged; ”earthenware pottery is breakable”; ”breakable articles should be packedcarefully”)


busy

adj –1. (30) busy – (actively or fully engaged or occupied; ”busy withher work”; ”a busy man”; ”too busy to eat lunch”)


careful

adj –1. (19) careful – (exercising caution or showing care or attention;”they were careful when crossing the busy street”; ”be careful to keepher shoes clean”; ”did very careful research”; ”careful art restorers”;”careful of the rights of others”; ”careful about one’s behavior”)


cautious

adj –1. (2) cautious – (showing careful forethought; ”reserved andcautious; never making swift decisions”; ”a cautious driver”)


clever

adj –1. (2) cagey, cagy, canny, clever – (showing self-interest andshrewdness in dealing with others; ”a cagey lawyer”; ”too clever to besound”)


clumsy

adj –1. (4) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy – (lacking gracein movement or posture; ”a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”;”clumsy fingers”; ”what an ungainly creature a giraffe is”; ”heavedhis unwieldy figure out of his chair”)


concerned

adj –1. (15) concerned – (feeling or showing worry or solicitude ;”concerned parents of youthful offenders”; ”was concerned about thefuture”; ”we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand”;”greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child”)


crazy

adj –1. (10) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick,unbalanced, unhinged – (affected with madness or insanity; ”a manwho had gone mad”)


curious

adj –1. (14) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy,singular – (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; ”a curioushybrid accent”; ”her speech has a funny twang”; ”they have somefunny ideas about war”; ”had an odd name”; ”the peculiar aromaticodor of cloves”; ”something definitely queer about this town”; ”whata rum fellow”; ”singular behavior”)


dead

adj –1. (72) dead – (no longer having or seeming to have orexpecting to have life; ”the nerve is dead”; ”a dead pallor”; ”he wasmarked as a dead man by the assassin”)


different

adj –1. (88) different – (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;”took different approaches to the problem”; ”came to a differentconclusion”; ”different parts of the country”; ”on different sides ofthe issue”; ”this meeting was different from the earlier one”)


difficult

adj –1. (63) difficult, hard – (not easy; requiring great physical ormental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; ”a difficulttask”; ”nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”; ”difficulttimes”; ”why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”)


doubtful

adj –1. (10) doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question – (open todoubt or suspicion; ”the candidate’s doubtful past”; ”he has adubious record indeed”; ”what one found uncertain the other founddubious or downright false”; ”it was more than dubitable whether thefriend was as influential as she thought”- Karen Horney)


easy

adj –1. (62) easy – (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; ”aneasy job”; ”an easy problem”; ”an easy victory”; ”the house is easy toheat”; ”satisfied with easy answers”; ”took the easy way out of hisdilemma”)


expensive

adj –. (13) expensive – (high in price or charging high prices;”expensive clothes”; ”an expensive shop”)


famous

adj –. (21) celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable,noted, renowned – (widely known and esteemed; ”a famous actor”;”a celebrated musician”; ”a famed scientist”; ”an illustrious judge”;”a notable historian”; ”a renowned painter”)


fragile

adj –1. (3) delicate, fragile, frail – (easily broken or damaged ordestroyed; ”a kite too delicate to fly safely”; ”fragile porcelainplates”; ”fragile old bones”; ”a frail craft”)


frail

adj –1. (4) frail – (physically weak; ”an invalid’s frail body”)


gifted

adj –. talented, gifted – (endowed with talent or talents; ”a giftedwriter”)


helpful

adj –. (9) helpful – (providing assistance or serving a useful function)


helpless

adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived ofstrength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)


horrible

adj –. (4) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly – (provokinghorror; ”an atrocious automobile accident”; ”a frightful crime ofdecapitation”; ”an alarming, even horrifying, picture”; ”war is beyondall words horrible”- Winston Churchill; ”an ugly wound”)


important

adj –1. (146) important, of import – (of great significance or value;”important people”; ”the important questions of the day”)


impossible

adj –1. (34) impossible – (not capable of occurring or beingaccomplished or dealt with; ”an impossible dream”; ”an impossiblesituation”)


inexpensive

adj –. (4) cheap, inexpensive – (relatively low in price or charging lowprices; ”it would have been cheap at twice the price”; ”inexpensivefamily restaurants”)


innocent

adj –1. (11) innocent, guiltless, clean-handed – (free from evil orguilt; ”an innocent child”; ”the principle that one is innocent untilproved guilty”)


inquisitive

adj –1. (1) inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering –(showing curiosity; ”if someone saw a man climbing a light post theymight get inquisitive”; ”raised a speculative eyebrow”)


modern

adj –1. (57) modern – (belonging to the modern era; since theMiddle Ages; ”modern art”; ”modern furniture”; ”modern history”;”totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric”)


mushy

adj –1. mushy – (having the consistency of mush)


odd

adj –1. (7) odd, uneven – (not divisible by two)


open

adj –1. (34) open, unfastened – (affording unobstructed entrance andexit; not shut or closed; ”an open door”; ”they left the door open”)


outstanding

adj –1. (5) outstanding – (distinguished from others in excellen ce;”did outstanding work in human relations”; ”an outstanding warrecord”)


poor

adj –1. (18) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous,pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched – (deserving or inciting pity; ”ahapless victim”; ”miserable victims of war”; ”the shabby room struckher as extraordinarily pathetic”- Galsworthy; ”piteous appeals forhelp”; ”pitiable homeless children”; ”a pitiful fate”; ”Oh, you poorthing”; ”his poor distorted limbs”; ”a wretched life”)


powerful

adj –1. (18) powerful – (having great power or force or potency oreffect; ”the most powerful government in western Europe”; ”hispowerful arms”; ”a powerful bomb”; ”the horse’s powerful kick”;”powerful drugs”; ”a powerful argument”)


prickly

adj –1. (1) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish – (very irritable; ”bristlyexchanges between the White House and the press”; ”he becameprickly and spiteful”; ”witty and waspish about his colleagues”)


puzzled

adj –. (4) at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled – (filled withbewilderment; ”at a loss to understand those remarks”; ”puzzled thatshe left without saying goodbye”)


real

adj –1. (54) real, existent – (being or occurring in fact or actuality;having verified existence; not illusory; ”real objects”; ”real people; notghosts”; ”a film based on real life”; ”a real illness”; ”real humility”;”Life is real! Life is earnest!”- Longfello w)


rich

adj –1. (17) rich – (possessing material wealth; ”her father isextremely rich”; ”many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles”)


shy

adj –1. diffident, shy, timid, unsure – (lacking self-confidence ;”stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; ”problems that call forbold not timid responses”; ”a very unsure young man”)


sleepy

adj –. (0) sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded – (ready to fall asleep;”beginning to feel sleepy”; ”a sleepy-eyed child with droopingeyelids”; ”sleepyheaded students”)


stupid

adj –1. (10) stupid – (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)


super

adj –1. (3) ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch,top-notch, tops – (of the highest quality; ”an ace reporter ”; ”a crackshot”; ”a first-rate golfer”; ”a super party”; ”played top-notchtennis”; ”an athlete in tiptop condition”; ”she is absolutel y tops”)


talented

adj –. talented, gifted – (endowed with talent or talents; ”a giftedwriter”)


tame

adj –1. (1) tame – (flat and uninspiring)


tender

adj –1. (2) tender – (given to sympathy or gentleness orsentimentality; ”a tender heart”; ”a tender smile”; ”tender lovingcare”; ”tender memories”; ”a tender mother”)


tough

adj –1. (9) tough – (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; ”atough character”)


uninterested

adj –1. uninterested – (not having or showing interest; ”anuninterested spectator”)


vast

adj –. (30) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually greatin size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”hugegovernment spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge populardemand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angelesaqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of themountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulationof knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)


wandering

adj –1. (2) mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering –(migratory; ”a restless mobile society”; ”the nomadic habits of theBedouins”; ”believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have ahappy future”; ”wandering tribes”)


wild

adj –1. (29) wild – (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control;”wild talk”; ”wild parties”)


wrong

adj –1. (15) incorrect, wrong – (not correct; not in conformity withfact or truth; ”an incorrect calculation”; ”the report in the paper iswrong”; ”your information is wrong”; ”the clock showed the wrongtime”; ”found themselves on the wrong road”; ”based on the wrongassumptions”)


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angry

adj –1. (17) angry – (feeling or showing anger; ”angry at theweather”; ”angry customers”; ”an angry silence”; ”sending angryletters to the papers”)


annoyed

adj –1. (3) annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissedoff, riled, roiled, steamed, stung – (aroused to impatience or anger;”made an irritated gesture”; ”feeling nettled from the constantteasing”; ”peeved about being left out”; ”felt really pissed at hersnootiness”; ”riled no end by his lies”; ”roiled by the delay”)


anxious

adj –1. (3) anxious, dying – (eagerly desirous; ”anxious to see thenew show at the museum”; ”dying to hear who won”)


arrogant

adj –. (1) arrogant, chesty, self-important – (having or showingfeelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; ”anarrogant official”; ”arrogant claims”; ”chesty as a peacock”)


ashamed

adj –. (5) ashamed – (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment orremorse; ”are you ashamed for having lied?”; ”felt ashamed of mytorn coat”)


awful

adj –1. (10) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible,unspeakable – (exceptionally bad or displeasing; ”atrocious taste”;”abominable workmanship”; ”an awful voice”; ”dreadful manners” ;”a painful performance”; ”terrible handwriting”; ”an unspeakableodor came sweeping into the room”)


bad

adj –1. (51) bad – (having undesirable or negative qualities; ”a badreport card”; ”his sloppy appearance made a bad impression”; ”a badlittle boy”; ”clothes in bad shape”; ”a bad cut”; ”bad luck”; ”thenews was very bad”; ”the reviews were bad”; ”the pay is bad”; ”itwas a bad light for reading”; ”the movie was a bad choice”)


bewildered

adj –. (6) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviouslybemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy andconfounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on thefirst day of school”)


black

adj –1. (52) black – (being of the achromatic color of maximumdarkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost allincident light; ”black leather jackets”; ”as black as coal”; ”rich blacksoil”)


blue

adj –1. (48) blue, bluish, blueish – (of the color intermediate betweengreen and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear uncloudedsky; ”October’s bright blue weather”- Helen Hunt Jackson; ”a blueflame”; ”blue haze of tobacco smoke”)


bored

adj –1. (1) bored, world-weary – (tired of the world; ”bored withlife”; ”strolled through the museum with a bored air”)


clumsy

adj –1. (4) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy – (lacking gracein movement or posture; ”a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”;”clumsy fingers”; ”what an ungainly creature a giraffe is”; ”heavedhis unwieldy figure out of his chair”)


combative

adj –1. contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious –(inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even toengage in law suits; ”a style described as abrasive and contentious”;”a disputatious lawyer”; ”a litigious and acrimoniou s spirit”)


confused

adj –1. (5) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviouslybemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy andconfounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on thefirst day of school”)


crazy

adj –1. (10) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick,unbalanced, unhinged – (affected with madness or insanity; ”a manwho had gone mad”)


creepy

adj –1. creepy – (annoying and unpleasant; ”some creepy kids werebothering her”)


cruel

adj –. (3) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious –((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain orsuffering; ”a barbarous crime”; ”brutal beatings”; ”cruel tortures”;”Stalin’s roughshod treatment of the kulaks”; ”a savage slap”;”vicious kicks”)


dangerous

adj –1. (22) dangerous, unsafe – (involving or causing danger or risk;liable to hurt or harm; ”a dangerous criminal”; ”a dangerous bridge”;”unemployment reached dangerous proportions”)


defeated

adj –1. defeated – (beaten or overcome; not victorious; ”the defeatedenemy”)


defiant

adj –. (2) defiant, noncompliant – (boldly resisting authority or anopposing force; ”brought up to be aggressive and defiant”; ”a defiantattitude”)


depressed

adj –1. (1) depressed, down – (lower than previously; ”the market isdepressed”; ”prices are down”)


disgusted

adj –. (2) disgusted, fed up, sick, sick of, tired of – (having a strongdistaste from surfeit; ”grew more and more disgusted”; ”fed up withtheir complaints”; ”sick of it all”; ”sick to death of flattery”; ”gossipthat makes one sick”; ”tired of the noise and smoke”)


disturbed

adj –1. (2) disturbed – (having the place or position changed; ”thedisturbed books and papers on her desk”; ”disturbed grass showedwhere the horse had passed”)


dizzy

adj –1. (1) dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous – (having or causing awhirling sensation; liable to falling; ”had a dizzy spell”; ”a dizzypinnacle”; ”had a headache and felt giddy”; ”a giddy precipic e”;”feeling woozy from the blow on his head”; ”a vertiginous climb upthe face of the cliff”)


dull

adj –1. (5) dull – (lacking in liveliness or animation; ”he was so dullat parties”; ”a dull political campaign”; ”a large dull impassive man”;”dull days with nothing to do”; ”how dull and dreary the world is”;”fell back into one of her dull moods”)


embarrassed

adj –1. (1) abashed, chagrined, embarrassed – (feeling or caused tofeel uneasy and self-conscious; ”felt abashed at the extravagantpraise”; ”chagrined at the poor sales of his book”; ”was embarrassedby her child’s tantrums”)


envious

adj –. (1) covetous, envious, jealous – (showing extreme cupidity;painfully desirous of another’s advantages; ”he was never covetousbefore he met her”; ”jealous of his success and covetous of hispossessions”; ”envious of their art collection”)


evil

adj –1. (9) evil – (morally bad or wrong; ”evil purposes”; ”an evilinfluence”; ”evil deeds”)


fierce

adj –1. (8) ferocious, fierce, furious, savage – (marked by extremeand violent energy; ”a ferocious beating”; ”fierce fighting ”; ”afurious battle”)


foolish

adj –1. (6) foolish – (devoid of good sense or judgment; ”foolishremarks”; ”a foolish decision”)


frantic

adj –1. (10) frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied – (excessive lyagitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; ”frantic withanger and frustration”; ”frenetic screams followed the accident”; ”afrenzied look in his eye”)


frightened

adj –1. (0) frightened, scared – (made afraid; ”the frightened childcowered in the corner”; ”too shocked and scared to move”)


grieving

adj –. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing– (sorrowful through loss or deprivation; ”bereft of hope”)


grumpy

adj –. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-temper ed,ill-tempered – (annoyed and irritable)


helpless

adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived ofstrength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)


homeless

adj –1. homeless, stateless – (without nationality or citizenshi p;”stateless persons”)


hungry

adj –1. (7) hungry – (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eatfood; ”a world full of hungry people”)


ill

adj –1. (4) ill, sick – (affected by an impairment of normal physicalor mental function; ”ill from the monotony of his suffering”)


itchy

adj –1. antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy – (nervous and unable to relax; ”aconstant fretful stamping of hooves”; ”a restless child”)


jealous

adj –1. (3) covetous, envious, jealous – (showing extreme cupidity;painfully desirous of another’s advantages; ”he was never covetousbefore he met her”; ”jealous of his success and covetous of hispossessions”; ”envious of their art collection”)


jittery

adj –1. jittery – (characterized by jerky movements; ”a jittery ride”)


lazy

adj –1. (4) lazy – (moving slowly and gently; ”up a lazy river”; ”lazywhite clouds”; ”at a lazy pace”)


lonely

adj –1. (4) alone, lone, lonely, solitary – (lacking companions orcompanionship; ”he was alone when we met him”; ”she is alone muchof the time”; ”the lone skier on the mountain”; ”a lonely fishermanstood on a tuft of gravel”; ”a lonely soul”; ”a solitary traveler”)


mysterious

adj –1. (14) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious,mystifying – (of an obscure nature; ”the new insurance policy iswritten without cryptic or mysterious terms”; ”a deep dark secret”;”the inscrutable workings of Providence”; ”in its mysterious past itencompasses all the dim origins of life”- Rachel Carson; ”ritualstotally mystifying to visitors from other lands”)


nasty

adj –1. (2) nasty, awful – (offensive or even (of persons) malicious;”in a nasty mood”; ”a nasty accident”; ”a nasty shock”; ”a nastysmell”; ”a nasty trick to pull”; ”Will he say nasty things at myfuneral?”- Ezra Pound)


naughty

adj –1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy –(suggestive of sexual impropriety; ”a blue movie”; ”blue jokes”; ”heskips asterisks and gives you the gamy details”; ”a juicy scandal” ; ”anaughty wink”; ”naughty words”; ”racy anecdotes”; ”a risque story”;”spicy gossip”)


nervous

adj –1. (9) nervous – (easily agitated; ”a nervous addict”; ”a nervousthoroughbred”)


nutty

adj –1. nutty, nutlike – (having the flavor of nuts; ”a nutty sherry”)


obnoxious

adj –. (2) objectionable, obnoxious – (causing disapproval or protest;”a vulgar and objectionable person”)


outrageous

adj –1. (1) hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous – (grossly offensive todecency or morality; causing horror; ”subjected to outrageouscruelty”; ”a hideous pattern of injustice”; ”horrific conditions in themining industry”)


panicky

adj –. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified ,frightened – (thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;”became panicky as the snow deepened”; ”felt panicked before eachexam”; ”trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd”; ”the terrifiedhorse bolted”)


repulsive

adj –1. (1) abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive –(offensive to the mind; ”an abhorrent deed”; ”the obscene massacreat Wounded Knee”; ”morally repugnant customs”; ”repulsivebehavior”; ”the most repulsive character in recent novels”)


scary

adj –. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery – (provoking fearterror; ”a scary movie”; ”the most terrible and shuddery...tales ofmurder and revenge”)


selfish

adj –. (3) selfish – (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and youradvantage to the exclusion of others; ”Selfish men were...try ing tomake capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights”-Maria Weston Chapman)


sore

adj –1. (8) sensitive, sore, raw, tender – (hurting; ”the tender spoton his jaw”)


tense

adj –1. tense – (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)


terrible

adj –1. (11) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful,fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible – (causing fear ordread or terror; ”the awful war”; ”an awful risk”; ”dire news”; ”acareer or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”; ”the dreadpresence of the headmaster”; ”polio is no longer the dreaded diseaseit once was”; ”a dreadful storm”; ”a fearful howling”; ”horrendousexplosions shook the city”; ”a terrible curse”)


testy

adj –. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish,pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy – (easily irritated orannoyed; ”an incorrigibly fractious young man”; ”not the leastnettlesome of his countrymen”)


thoughtless

adj –1. (2) thoughtless – (showing lack of careful thought; ”thedebate turned into thoughtless bickering”)


tired

adj –1. (9) tired – (depleted of strength or energy; ”tired motherswith crying babies”; ”too tired to eat”)


troubled

adj –1. (1) troubled – (characterized by or indicative of distress oraffliction or danger or need; ”troubled areas”; ”fell into a troubledsleep”; ”a troubled expression”; ”troubled teenagers”)


upset

adj –1. (1) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbedsleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried checkof the sleeping children”)


uptight

adj –. edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,overstrung, restive, uptight – (being in a tense state)


weary

adj –. (11) aweary, weary – (physically and mentally fatigued;”‘aweary’ is archaic”)


wicked

adj –1. (2) wicked – (morally bad in principle or practice)


worried

adj –1. (7) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbedsleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried checkof the sleeping children”)


Good Feelings

Adjectives - Good Feelings


agreeable

adj –1. agreeable – (conforming to your own liking or feelings ornature; ”Is the plan agreeable to you?”; ”he’s an agreeable fellow”;”My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me”-Disraeli; ”an agreeable manner”)


amused

adj –. (1) amused, diverted, entertained – (pleasantly occupied; ”Weare not amused” -Queen Victoria)


brave

adj –1. (10) brave, courageous – (possessing or displaying courage;able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching;”Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring”-Herman Melville; ”a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain”-William Wordsworth; ”set a courageous example by leading themsafely into and out of enemy-held territory”)


calm

adj –1. (11) calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil – (not agitated;without losing self-possession; ”spoke in a calm voice”; ”remainedcalm throughout the uproar”; ”he remained serene in the midst ofturbulence”; ”a serene expression on her face”; ”she became moretranquil”; ”tranquil life in the country”)


charming

adj –1. (8) charming – (pleasing or delighting; ”endowed withcharming manners”; ”a charming little cottage”; ”a charmingpersonality”)


cheerful

adj –1. (4) cheerful – (being full of or promoting cheer; having orshowing good spirits; ”her cheerful nature”; ”a cheerful greeting”; ”acheerful room”; ”as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bedcould be”)


comfortable

adj –1. (17) comfortable, comfy – (providing or experiencing physicalwell-being or relief (‘comfy’ is informal); ”comfortable clothes”;”comfortable suburban houses”; ”made himself comfortable in anarmchair”; ”the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable”; ”areyou comfortable?”; ”feeling comfy now?”)


cooperative

adj –1. (7) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative – (involvingthe joint activity of two or more; ”concerted action”; ”the conjunctinfluence of fire and strong wind”; ”the conjunctive focus of politicalopposition”; ”a cooperative effort”; ”a united effort”; ”joint militaryactivities”)


courageous

adj –. (1) brave, courageous – (possessing or displaying courage; ableto face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; ”Familiaritywith danger makes a brave man braver but less daring”- HermanMelville; ”a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain”- WilliamWordsworth; ”set a courageous example by leading them safely intoand out of enemy-held territory”)


delightful

adj –. (11) delightful, delicious – (greatly pleasing or entertaining; ”adelightful surprise”; ”the comedy was delightful”; ”a delicious joke”)


determined

adj –1. (10) determined – (characterized by great determination; ”astruggle against a determined enemy”)


eager

adj –. (20) eager – (having or showing keen interest or intense desireor impatient expectancy; ”eager to learn”; ”eager to travel abroad”;”eager for success”; ”eager helpers”; ”an eager look”)


elated

adj –1. elated – (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; ”theelated winner”; ”felt elated and excited”)


enchanting

adj –. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entranci ng,fascinating – (capturing interest as if by a spell; ”bewitching smile”;”Roosevelt was a captivating speaker”; ”enchanting music”; ”anenthralling book”; ”antique papers of entrancing design”; ”afascinating woman”)


encouraging

adj –1. encouraging – (giving courage or confidence or hope;”encouraging advances in medical research”)


energetic

adj –1. (4) energetic – (possessing or exerting or displaying energy;”an energetic fund raiser for the college”; ”an energetic group ofhikers”; ”it caused an energetic chemical reaction”)


enthusiastic

adj –. (9) enthusiastic – (having or showing great excitement andinterest; ”enthusiastic crowds filled the streets”; ”an enthusiast icresponse”; ”was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons”)


excited

adj –1. (4) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up – ((of persons)excessively affected by emotion; ”he would become emotional overnothing at all”; ”she was worked up about all the noise”)


exuberant

adj –1. (4) ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited – (joyouslyunrestrained)


fair

adj –1. (10) fair, just – (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias ordeception; conforming with established standards or rules; ”a fairreferee”; ”fair deal”; ”on a fair footing”; ”a fair fight”; ”by fair meansor foul”)


faithful

adj –1. (5) faithful – (steadfast in affection or allegiance; ”years offaithful service”; ”faithful employees”; ”we do not doubt that Englandhas a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor”)


fantastic

adj –1. (4) antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque – (ludicrou sly odd;”Hamlet’s assumed antic disposition”; ”fantastic Halloweencostumes”; ”a grotesque reflection in the mirror”)


fine

adj –1. (4) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory – (beingsatisfactory or in satisfactory condition; ”an all-right movie”; ”thepassengers were shaken up but are all right”; ”is everything allright?”; ”everything’s fine”; ”things are okay”; ”dinner and themovies had been fine”; ”another minute I’d have been fine”)


friendly

adj –1. (25) friendly – (characteristic of or befitting a friend;”friendly advice”; ”a friendly neighborhood”; ”the only friendlyperson here”; ”a friendly host and hostess”)


funny

adj –1. (14) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,risible – (arousing or provoking laughter; ”an amusing film with asteady stream of pranks and pratfalls”; ”an amusing fellow”; ”a comichat”; ”a comical look of surprise”; ”funny stories that madeeverybody laugh”; ”a very funny writer”; ”it would have beenlaughable if it hadn’t hurt so much”; ”a mirthful experience”; ”risiblecourtroom antics”)


gentle

adj –1. (6) gentle, soft – (soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe;”a gentle reprimand”; ”a vein of gentle irony”; ”poked gentle fun athim”)


glorious

adj –1. (5) glorious – (having or deserving or conferring glory; ”along and glorious career”; ”our glorious literature”)


good

adj –1. (190) good – (having desirable or positive qualities especiallythose suitable for a thing specified; ”good news from the hospital”;”a good report card”; ”when she was good she was very very good”;”a good knife is one good for cutting”; ”this stump will make a goodpicnic table”; ”a good check”; ”a good joke”; ”a good exteriorpaint”; ”a good secretary”; ”a good dress for the office”)


happy

adj –1. (37) happy – (enjoying or showing or marked by joy orpleasure; ”a happy smile”; ”spent many happy days on the beach”; ”ahappy marriage”)


healthy

adj –1. (15) healthy – (having or indicating good health in body ormind; free from infirmity or disease; ”a rosy healthy baby”; ”stayingfit and healthy”)


helpful

adj –. (9) helpful – (providing assistance or serving a useful function)


hilarious

adj –. (1) hilarious, screaming, uproarious – (marked by or causingboisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; ”hilarious broadcomedy”; ”a screaming farce”; ”uproarious stories”)


jolly

adj –. (2) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful – (full of orshowing high-spirited merriment; ”when hearts were young and gay”;”a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”-Wordsworth; ”the jolly crowd at the reunion”; ”jolly old Saint Nick”;”a jovial old gentleman”; ”have a merry Christmas”; ”peals of merrylaughter”; ”a mirthful laugh”)


joyous

adj –. (4) joyous – (full of or characterized by joy; ”felt a joyousabandon”; ”joyous laughter”)


kind

adj –1. (4) kind – (having or showing a tender and considerate andhelpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; ”kind tosick patients”; ”a kind master”; ”kind words showing understa ndingand sympathy”; ”thanked her for her kind letter”)


lively

adj –1. (7) lively – (full of life and energy; ”a lively discussion”;”lively and attractive parents”; ”a lively party”)


lovely

adj –1. (10) lovely – (appealing to the emotions as well as the eye)


lucky

adj –1. (11) lucky – (occurring by chance; ”a lucky escape”; ”a luckyguess”)


nice

adj –1. (23) nice – (pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature orappearance; ”what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you sonasty”- George Meredith; ”nice manners”; ”a nice dress”; ”a niceface”; ”a nice day”; ”had a nice time at the party”; ”the corn andtomatoes are nice today”)


obedient

adj –. (3) obedient – (dutifully complying with the commands orinstructions of those in authority; ”an obedient soldier”; ”obedien tchildren”; ”a little man obedient to his wife”; ”the obedientcolonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened”-Edmund Burke)


perfect

adj –1. (17) perfect – (being complete of its kind and without defector blemish; ”a perfect circle”; ”a perfect reproduction”; ”perfecthappiness”; ”perfect manners”; ”a perfect specimen”; ”a perfectday”)


pleasant

adj –1. (9) pleasant – (affording pleasure; being in harmony withyour taste or likings; ”we had a pleasant evening together”; ”apleasant scene”; ”pleasant sensations”)


proud

adj –1. (14) proud – (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something bywhich you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; ”proudparents”; ”proud of his accomplishments”; ”a proud moment”;”proud to serve his country”; ”a proud name”; ”proud princes”)


relieved

adj –1. (5) alleviated, eased, relieved – ((of pain or sorrow) madeeasier to bear)


silly

adj –1. (7) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,whacky, zany – (ludicrous, foolish; ”gave me a cockamamie reason fornot going”; ”wore a goofy hat”; ”a silly idea”; ”some wacky plan forselling more books”)


smiling

adj –. (2) beamish, smiling, twinkly – (smiling with happiness oroptimism; ”Come to my arms, my beamish boy!”- Lewis Carroll; ”aroom of smiling faces”; ”a round red twinkly Santa Claus”)


splendid

adj –1. (7) glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous – (havinggreat beauty and splendor; ”a glorious spring morning”; ”a glorioussunset”; ”splendid costumes”; ”a kind of splendiferous nativesimplicity”)


successful

adj –. (42) successful – (having succeeded or being marked by afavorable outcome; ”a successful architect”; ”a successful businessventure”)


thankful

adj –. grateful, thankful – (feeling or showing gratitude; ”a gratefulheart”; ”grateful for the tree’s shade”; ”a thankful smile”)


thoughtful

adj –1. (2) thoughtful – (having intellectual depth; ”a deeplythoughtful essay”)


victorious

adj –1. victorious, winning – (having won; ”the victorious entry”;”the winning team”)


vivacious

adj –. (2) vibrant, vivacious – (vigorous and animated; ”a vibrantgroup that challenged the system”; ”a charming and vivacioushostess”; ”a vivacious folk dance”)


witty

adj –. (5) witty – (combining clever conception and facetiousexpression; ”his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as wellas eloquent”)


wonderful

adj –. (14) fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling,terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous – (extraordinaril y good orgreat ; used especially as intensifiers; ”a fantastic trip to the Orient”;”the film was fantastic!”; ”a howling success”; ”a marvelouscollection of rare books”; ”had a rattling conversation about politics”;”a tremendous achievement”)


zealous

adj –. avid, zealous – (marked by active interest and enthusiasm ;”an avid sports fan”)


zany

adj –1. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky,zany – (ludicrous, foolish; ”gave me a cockamamie reason for notgoing”; ”wore a goofy hat”; ”a silly idea”; ”some wacky plan forselling more books”)


Shape

Adjectives - Shape


broad

adj –1. (14) wide, broad – (having great (or a certain) extent fromone side to the other; ”wide roads”; ”a wide necktie”; ”widemargins”; ”three feet wide”; ”a river two miles broad”; ”broadshoulders”; ”a broad river”)


chubby

adj –. chubby, embonpoint, plump – (sufficiently fat so as to have apleasing fullness of figure; ”a chubby child”; ”pleasingly plump”;)


crooked

adj –1. (2) crooked – (having or marked by bends or angles; notstraight or aligned; ”crooked country roads”; ”crooked teeth”)


curved

adj –. (5) curved, curving – (having or marked by a curve orsmoothly rounded bend; ”the curved tusks of a walrus”; ”his curvedlips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard”)


deep

adj –1. (16) deep – (relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply;”a deep breath”; ”a deep sigh”; ”deep concentration”; ”deepemotion”; ”a deep trance”; ”in a deep sleep”)


flat

adj –1. (11) flat, level, plane – (having a surface without slope, tilt inwhich no part is higher or lower than another; ”a flat desk”; ”acres oflevel farmland”; ”a plane surface”; ”skirts sewn with fine flat seams”)


high

adj –1. (134) high – (greater than normal in degree or intensity oramount; ”a high temperature”; ”a high price”; ”the high point of hiscareer”; ”high risks”; ”has high hopes”; ”the river is high”; ”he has ahigh opinion of himself”)


hollow

adj –1. (1) hollow – (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; ”ahollow wall”; ”a hollow tree”; ”hollow cheeks”; ”his face becamegaunter and more hollow with each year”)


low

adj –1. (55) low – (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;”low prices”; ”the reservoir is low”)


narrow

adj –1. (19) narrow – (not wide; ”a narrow bridge”; ”a narrow lineacross the page”)


round

adj –1. (12) round, circular – (having a circular shape)


shallow

adj –1. (6) shallow – (lacking physical depth; having little spatialextension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward oroutward from a center; ”shallow water”; ”a shallow dish”; ”a shallowcut”; ”a shallow closet”; ”established a shallow beachhead”; ”hit theball to shallow left field”)


skinny

adj –1. (2) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy –(being very thin; ”a child with skinny freckled legs”; ”a long scrawnyneck”)


square

adj –1. (7) square – (having four equal sides and four right angles orforming a right angle; ”a square peg in a round hole”; ”a squarecorner”)


steep

adj –1. (5) steep – (having a sharp inclination; ”the steep atticstairs”; ”steep cliffs”)


straight

adj –1. (10) straight, consecutive – (successive (without a break);”sick for five straight days”)


wide

adj –1. (45) wide, broad – (having great (or a certain) extent fromone side to the other; ”wide roads”; ”a wide necktie”; ”widemargins”; ”three feet wide”; ”a river two miles broad”; ”broadshoulders”; ”a broad river”)


Size

Adjectives - Size


big

adj –1. (107) large, big – (above average in size or number orquantity or magnitude or extent; ”a large city”; ”set out for the bigcity”; ”a large sum”; ”a big (or large) barn”; ”a large family”; ”bigbusinesses”; ”a big expenditure”; ”a large number of newspapers”; ”abig group of scientists”; ”large areas of the world”)


colossal

adj –. (3) colossal, prodigious, stupendous – (so great in size or forceor extent as to elicit awe; ”colossal crumbling ruins of an ancienttemple”; ”has a colossal nerve”; ”a prodigious storm”; ”a stupendousfield of grass”; ”stupendous demand”)


fat

adj –1. (22) fat – (having an (over)abundance of flesh; ”he hadn’tremembered how fat she was”)


gigantic

adj –. (9) gigantic, mammoth – (so exceedingly large or extensiv e asto suggest a giant or mammoth; ”a gigantic redwood”; ”giganticdisappointment”; ”a mammoth ship”; ”a mammoth multinationalcorporatio n”)


great

adj –1. (114) great – (relatively large in size or number or extent;larger than others of its kind; ”a great juicy steak”; ”a greatmultitude”; ”the great auk”; ”a great old oak”; ”a great ocean liner”;”a great delay”)


huge

adj –. (23) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually greatin size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”hugegovernment spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge populardemand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angelesaqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of themountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulationof knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)


immense

adj –. (5) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually great insize or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”hugegovernment spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge populardemand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angelesaqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of themountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulationof knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)


large

adj –1. (139) large, big – (above average in size or number orquantity or magnitude or extent; ”a large city”; ”set out for the bigcity”; ”a large sum”; ”a big (or large) barn”; ”a large family”; ”bigbusinesses”; ”a big expenditure”; ”a large number of newspapers”; ”abig group of scientists”; ”large areas of the world”)


little

adj –1. (163) small, little – (limited or below average in number orquantity or magnitude or extent; ”a little dining room”; ”a littlehouse”; ”a small car”; ”a little (or small) group”)


mammoth

adj –. (1) gigantic, mammoth – (so exceedingly large or extensiv e asto suggest a giant or mammoth; ”a gigantic redwood”; ”giganticdisappointment”; ”a mammoth ship”; ”a mammoth multinationalcorporatio n”)


massive

adj –1. (9) massive, monolithic, monumental – (imposing in size orbulk or solidity; ”massive oak doors”; ”Moore’s massive sculptures”;”the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture”; ”a monumentalscale”)


miniature

adj –. (1) miniature – (being on a very small scale; ”a miniatur ecamera”)


petite

adj –. (1) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,flyspeck – (very small; ”diminutive in stature”; ”a lilliputian chest ofdrawers”; ”her petite figure”; ”tiny feet”; ”the flyspeck nation ofBahrain moved toward democracy”)


puny

adj –1. (1) puny – (inferior in strength or significance; ”a punyphysique”; ”puny excuses”)


scrawny

adj –1. (2) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy –(being very thin; ”a child with skinny freckled legs”; ”a long scrawnyneck”)


short

adj –1. (43) short – (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being orseeming to be limited in duration; ”a short life”; ”a short flight”; ”ashort holiday”; ”a short story”; ”only a few short months”)


small

adj –1. (213) small, little – (limited or below average in number orquantity or magnitude or extent; ”a little dining room”; ”a littlehouse”; ”a small car”; ”a little (or small) group”)


tall

adj –1. (73) tall – (great in vertical dimension; high in stature; ”tallpeople”; ”tall buildings”; ”tall trees”; ”tall ships”)


teeny

adj –. bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy,teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy – ((used informally)very small; ”a wee tot”)


tiny

adj –. (19) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,flyspeck – (very small; ”diminutive in stature”; ”a lilliputian chest ofdrawers”; ”her petite figure”; ”tiny feet”; ”the flyspeck nation ofBahrain moved toward democracy”)


Sound

Adjectives - Sound


deafening

adj –. (1) deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery – (loudenough to cause (temporary) hearing loss)


faint

adj –1. (5) faint, weak – (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible;lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; ”a faint outline”; ”thewan sun cast faint shadows”; ”the faint light of a distant candle”;”weak colors”; ”a faint hissing sound”; ”a faint aroma”; ”a weakpulse”)


harsh

adj –1. (3) harsh, rough – (unpleasantly stern; ”wild and harshcountry full of hot sand and cactus”; ”the nomad life is rough andhazardous”)


hushed

adj –. hushed, muted, subdued, quiet – (in a softened tone; ”hushedvoices”; ”muted trumpets”; ”a subdued whisper”; ”a quietreprimand”)


husky

adj –1. (3) beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly – (muscular andheavily built; ”a beefy wrestler”; ”had a tall burly frame”; ”clothingsizes for husky boys”; ”a strapping boy of eighteen”; ”‘buirdly’ is aScottish term”)


loud

adj –1. (50) loud – (characterized by or producing sound of greatvolume or intensity; ”a group of loud children”; ”loud thunder”; ”hervoice was too loud”; ”loud trombones”)


melodic

adj –1. (1) melodious, melodic, musical – (containing or constitutingor characterized by pleasing melody; ”the melodious song of ameadowlark”)


mute

adj –1. (3) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless – (expressedwithout speech; ”a mute appeal”; ”a silent curse”; ”best grief istongueless”- Emily Dickinson; ”the words stopped at her lipsunsounded”; ”unspoken grief”; ”choking exasperation and wordlessshame”- Thomas Wolfe)


noisy

adj –1. (4) noisy – (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusicalsounds; ”a noisy cafeteria”; ”a small noisy dog”)


quiet

adj –1. (13) quiet – (characterized by an absence or near absence ofagitation or activity; ”a quiet life”; ”a quiet throng of onlookers”;”quiet peace-loving people”; ”the factions remained quiet for almost10 years”)


raspy

adj –. grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy –(unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; ”a gravelly voice”)


resonant

adj –1. (3) resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating,reverberative – (characterized by resonance; ”a resonant voice”; ”hearthe rolling thunder”)


shrill

adj –1. (9) shrill, sharp – (having or emitting a high-pitched andsharp tone or tones ; ”a shrill whistle”; ”a shrill gaiety”)


silent

adj –1. (18) silent, soundless, still – (marked by absence of sound; ”asilent house”; ”soundless footsteps on the grass”; ”the night wasstill”)


soft

adj –1. (18) soft – (yielding readily to pressure or weight)


squealing

adj –. screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing – (having ormaking a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rustyhinge)


thundering

adj –1. (1) thundering – (sounding like thunder; ”the thunderingherd”)


voiceless

adj –1. unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard – (produced without vibrationof the vocal cords; ”unvoiced consonants such as ‘p’ and ‘k’ and ‘s’”)


whispering

adj –. murmuring, susurrant, whispering – (making a low continuo usindistinct sound; ”like murmuring waves”; ”susurrant voices”)


Time

Adjectives - Time


ancient

adj –1. (5) ancient – (belonging to times long past especially of thehistorical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;”ancient history”; ”ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscansand Sumerians”; ”ancient Greece”)


brief

adj –1. (12) brief – (of short duration or distance; ”a brief stay in thecountry”)


Early

adj –1. (79) early – (at or near the beginning of a period of time orcourse of events or before the usual or expected time; ”earlymorning”; ”an early warning”; ”early diagnosis”; ”an early death”;”took early retirement”; ”an early spring”; ”early varieties of peas andtomatoes mature before most standard varieties”)


fast

adj –1. (18) fast – (acting or moving or capable of acting or movingquickly; ”fast film”; ”on the fast track in school”; ”set a fast pace”;”a fast car”)


late

adj –1. (33) late – (being or occurring at an advanced period of timeor after a usual or expected time; ”late evening”; ”late 18th century”;”a late movie”; ”took a late flight”; ”had a late breakfast”)


long

adj –1. (118) long – (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating arelatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time ora duration as specified; ”a long life”; ”a long boring speech”; ”a longtime”; ”a long friendship”; ”a long game”; ”long ago”; ”an hourlong”)


modern

adj –1. (57) modern – (belonging to the modern era; since theMiddle Ages; ”modern art”; ”modern furniture”; ”modern history”;”totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric”)


old

adj –1. (108) old – ((used especially of persons) having lived for arelatively long time or attained a specific age; ”his mother is veryold”; ”a ripe old age”; ”how old are you?”)


quick

adj –1. (20) quick, speedy – (accomplished rapidly and withoutdelay; ”was quick to make friends”; ”his quick reaction prevented anaccident”; ”hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem”; ”a speedyrecovery”; ”he has a right to a speedy trial”)


rapid

adj –1. (21) rapid – (done or occurring in a brief period of time; ”arapid rise through the ranks”)


short

adj –1. (43) short – (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being orseeming to be limited in duration; ”a short life”; ”a short flight”; ”ashort holiday”; ”a short story”; ”only a few short months”)


slow

adj –1. (23) slow – (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively longtime; ”a slow walker”; ”the slow lane of traffic”; ”her steps wereslow”; ”he was slow in reacting to the news”; ”slow but steadygrowth”)


swift

adj –. (15) fleet, swift – (moving very fast; ”fleet of foot”; ”the fleetscurrying of squirrels”; ”a swift current”; ”swift flight of an arrow”;”a swift runner”)


young

adj –1. (107) young, immature – ((used of living things especial lypersons) in an early period of life or development or growth; ”youngpeople”)


Taste

Adjectives - Taste


bitter

adj –1. (12) acrimonious, bitter – (marked by strong resentment orcynicism; ”an acrimonious dispute”; ”bitter about the divorce”)


delicious

adj –1. (2) delightful, delicious – (greatly pleasing or entertaining; ”adelightful surprise”; ”the comedy was delightful”; ”a delicious joke”)


fresh

adj –1. (16) fresh – (recently made, produced, or harvested; ”freshbread”; ”a fresh scent”; ”fresh lettuce”)


juicy

adj –1. (1) juicy – (full of juice)


ripe

adj –1. (6) ripe, mature – (fully developed or matured and ready tobe eaten or used; ”ripe peaches”; ”full-bodied mature wines”)


rotten

adj –1. (1) icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky – (verybad; ”a lousy play”; ”it’s a stinking world”)


salty

adj –1. (1) piquant, salty – (engagingly stimulating or provocat ive;”a piquant wit”; ”salty language”)


sour

adj –1. (1) sour, rancid – (smelling of fermentation or stalenes s)


spicy

adj –1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty – (having an agreeablypungent taste)


stale

adj –1. (1) stale – (lacking freshness, palatability, or showingdeterioration from age; ”stale bread”; ”the beer was stale”)


sticky

adj –1. (4) gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky,viscid, viscous – (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)


strong

adj –1. (58) strong – (having strength or power greater than averageor expected; ”a strong radio signal”; ”strong medicine”; ”a strongman”)


sweet

adj –1. (9) sweet – (having or denoting the characteristic taste ofsugar)


tart

adj –1. (1) lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart – (tasting sour likea lemon)


tasteless

adj –1. tasteless – (lacking flavor)


tasty

adj –. tasty – (pleasing to the sense of taste; ”a tasty morsel”)


thirsty

adj –1. (1) thirsty – (needing moisture; ”thirsty fields under a rainlesssky”)


fuzzy

adj –1. (2) fuzzed, fuzzy – (covering with fine light hairs; ”his headfuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed”)


greasy

adj –1. (7) greasy, oily, sebaceous, oleaginous – (containing anunusual amount of grease or oil; ”greasy hamburgers”; ”oily friedpotatoes”; ”oleaginous seeds”)


grubby

adj –1. grubby – (infested with grubs)


hard

adj –1. (37) difficult, hard – (not easy; requiring great physical ormental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; ”a difficulttask”; ”nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”; ”difficulttimes”; ”why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”)


hot

adj –1. (50) hot – (used of physical heat; having a high or higherthan desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing asensation of heat or burning; ”hot stove”; ”hot water”; ”a hot Augustday”; ”a hot stuffy room”; ”she’s hot and tired”; ”a hot forehead”)


icy

adj –1. (2) frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry – (devoid ofwarmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; ”a frigidgreeting”; ”got a frosty reception”; ”a frozen look on their faces”; ”aglacial handshake”; ”icy stare”; ”wintry smile”)


loose

adj –1. (2) loose – (not compact or dense in structure orarrangement; ”loose gravel”)


melted

adj –. melted, liquid, liquified – (changed from a solid to a liquidstate; ”rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow”)


nutritious

adj –. alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive– (of or providing nourishment; ”good nourishing stew”)


plastic

adj –1. (1) fictile, moldable, plastic – (capable of being molded ormodeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material) ; ”plasticsubstances such as wax or clay”)


prickly

adj –1. (1) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish – (very irritable; ”bristlyexchanges between the White House and the press”; ”he becameprickly and spiteful”; ”witty and waspish about his colleagues”)


rainy

adj –. showery, rainy – ((of weather) wet by periods of rain; ”showeryweather”; ”rainy days”)


rough

adj –1. (13) rough, unsmooth – (having or caused by an irregularsurface; ”trees with rough bark”; ”rough ground”; ”rough skin”;”rough blankets”; ”his unsmooth face”)


scattered

adj –1. (7) scattered – (occurring or distributed over widely spacedand irregular intervals in time or space; ”scattered showers”;”scattered villages”)


shaggy

adj –1. (1) bushy, shaggy, shaggy-haired, shaggy-coated – (used ofhair; thick and poorly groomed; ”bushy locks”; ”a shaggy beard”)


shaky

adj –1. (1) rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky – (inclined to shake as fromweakness or defect; ”a rickety table”; ”a wobbly chair with shakylegs”; ”the ladder felt a little wobbly”; ”the bridge still stands thoughone of the arches is wonky”)


sharp

adj –1. (9) crisp, sharp – ((of something seen or heard) clearlydefined; ”a sharp photographic image”; ”the sharp crack of a twig”;”the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”)


shivering

adj –. (1) shaky, shivering, trembling – (vibrating slightly andirregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in abreeze; ”a quaking bog”; ”the quaking child asked for more”;”quivering leaves of a poplar tree”; ”with shaking knees”; ”seemedshaky on her feet”; ”sparkling light from the shivering crystals of thechandelier”; ”trembling hands”)


silky

adj –. satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick – (having a smooth,gleaming surface reflecting light; ”glossy auburn hair”; ”satinygardenia petals”; ”sleek black fur”; ”silken eyelashes”; ”silky skin”; ”asilklike fabric”; ”slick seals and otters”)


slimy

adj –1. slimed, slimy – (covered with or resembling slime; ”a slimysubstance covered the rocks”)


slippery

adj –1. (3) slippery, slippy – (causing or tending to cause things toslip or slide; ”slippery sidewalks”; ”a slippery bar of soap”; ”thestreets are still slippy from the rain”)


smooth

adj –1. (11) smooth – (having a surface free from roughness orbumps or ridges or irregularities; ”smooth skin”; ”a smooth tabletop”;”smooth fabric”; ”a smooth road”; ”water as smooth as a mirror”)


soft

adj –1. (18) soft – (yielding readily to pressure or weight)


solid

adj –1. (8) solid – (characterized by good substantial quality; ”solidcomfort”; ”a solid base hit”)


steady

adj –1. (11) steady – (not subject to change or variation especially inbehavior; ”a steady beat”; ”a steady job”; ”a steady breeze”; ”asteady increase”; ”a good steady ballplayer”)


sticky

adj –1. (4) gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky,viscid, viscous – (having the sticky properties of an adhesive)


tender

adj –1. (2) tender – (given to sympathy or gentleness orsentimentality; ”a tender heart”; ”a tender smile”; ”tender lovingcare”; ”tender memories”; ”a tender mother”)


tight

adj –1. (10) tight – (closely constrained or constricted orconstricting; ”tight skirts”; ”he hated tight starched collars”; ”fingersclosed in a tight fist”; ”a tight feeling in his chest”)


uneven

adj –1. (4) uneven – (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture;”an uneven color”; ”uneven ground”; ”uneven margins”; ”wood withan uneven grain”)


weak

adj –1. (13) weak – (wanting in physical strength; ”a weak pillar”)


wet

adj –1. (23) wet – (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; ”awet bathing suit”; ”wet sidewalks”; ”wet weather”)


wooden

adj –1. (16) wooden – (made or consisting of (entirely or in part) oremploying wood; ”a wooden box”; ”an ancient cart with woodenwheels”)


yummy

adj –. delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious,toothsome, yummy – (extremely pleasing to the sense of taste)


Touch

Adjectives - Touch


breezy

adj –1. breezy – (fresh and animated; ”her breezy nature”)


broken

adj –1. (16) broken – (physically and forcibly separated into pieces orcracked or split; ”a broken mirror”; ”a broken tooth”; ”a broken leg”;”his neck is broken”)


bumpy

adj –1. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy – (causing orcharacterized by jolts and irregular movements; ”a rough ride”)


chilly

adj –1. (1) chilly – (not characterized by emotion; ”a female form inmarble–a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstractvirtues”-C.W.Cunningham)


cold

adj –1. (35) cold – (having a low or inadequate temperature orfeeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice orrefrigeration; ”a cold climate”; ”a cold room”; ”dinner has gottencold”; ”cold fingers”; ”if you are cold, turn up the heat”; ”a coldbeer”)


cool

adj –1. (25) cool – (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief fromheat; ”a cool autumn day”; ”a cool room”; ”cool summer dresses”;”cool drinks”; ”a cool breeze”)


creepy

adj –1. creepy – (annoying and unpleasant; ”some creepy kids werebothering her”)


crooked

adj –1. (2) crooked – (having or marked by bends or angles; notstraight or aligned; ”crooked country roads”; ”crooked teeth”)


cuddly

adj –. cuddlesome, cuddly – (inviting cuddling or hugging; ”acuddlesome baby”; ”a cuddly teddybear”)


curly

adj –. (2) curly – ((of hair) having curls or waves; ”they envied hernaturally curly hair”)


damaged

adj –1. damaged – (harmed or injured or spoiled; ”I won’t buydamaged goods”; ”the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings”)


damp

adj –. (6) damp, dampish, moist – (slightly wet; ”clothes damp withperspiration”; ”a moist breeze”; ”eyes moist with tears”)


dirty

adj –1. (12) dirty, soiled, unclean – (soiled or likely to soil with dirt orgrime; ”dirty unswept sidewalks”; ”a child in dirty overalls”; ”dirtyslums”; ”piles of dirty dishes”; ”put his dirty feet on the clean sheet”;”wore an unclean shirt”; ”mining is a dirty job”; ”Cinderella did thedirty work while her sisters preened themselves”)


dry

adj –1. (18) dry – (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural ornormal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; ”dry land”;”dry clothes”; ”a dry climate”; ”dry splintery boards”; ”a dry riverbed”; ”the paint is dry”)


dusty

adj –1. dusty, dust-covered – (covered with a layer of dust; ”a dustypile of books”)


filthy

adj –1. (2) filthy, foul, nasty – (disgustingly dirty; filled or smearedwith offensive matter; ”as filthy as a pigsty”; ”a foul pond”; ”a nastypigsty of a room”)


flaky

adj –1. flaky, flakey – (made of or resembling flakes; ”flaky soap”)


fluffy

adj –. (1) downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy – (like down or as soft asdown)


hot

adj –1. (50) hot – (used of physical heat; having a high or higherthan desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing asensation of heat or burning; ”hot stove”; ”hot water”; ”a hot Augustday”; ”a hot stuffy room”; ”she’s hot and tired”; ”a hot forehead”)


warm

adj –1. (27) warm – (having or producing a comfortable andagreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; ”a warmbody”; ”a warm room”; ”a warm climate”; ”a warm coat”)


wet

adj –1. (23) wet – (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; ”awet bathing suit”; ”wet sidewalks”; ”wet weather”)


Quantity

Adjectives - Quantity


abundant

adj –. (1) abundant – (present in great quantity; ”an abundantsupply of water”)


empty

adj –1. (30) empty – (holding or containing nothing; ”an emptyglass”; ”an empty room”; ”full of empty seats”; ”empty hours”)


few

adj –. (80) few – (a quantifier that can be used with count nounsand is often preceded by ‘a’; a small but indefinite number; ”a fewweeks ago”; ”a few more wagons than usual”; ”an invalid’s pleasuresare few and far between”; ”few roses were still blooming”; ”fewwomen have led troops in battle”)


heavy

adj –1. (32) heavy – (of comparatively great physical weight ordensity; ”a heavy load”; ”lead is a heavy metal”; ”heavy mahoganyfurniture”)


light

adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravityof 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)


many

adj –. (347) many – (a quantifier that can be used with count nounsand is often preceded by ‘as’ or ‘too’ or ‘so’ or ‘that’; amounting to alarge but indefinite number; ”many temptations”; ”the temptationsare many”; ”a good many”; ”a great many”; ”many directions”;”take as many apples as you like”; ”too many clouds to see”; ”neversaw so many people”)


numerous

adj –. (18) numerous, legion – (amounting to a large indefinitenumber; ”numerous times”; ”the family was numerous”; ”Palomar’sfans are legion”)


substantial

adj –1. (22) significant, substantial – (fairly large; ”won by asubstantial margin”)


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